Laura Woods reveals 'very' awkward blunder before Carabao Cup final

Laura Woods has told the story of a "very awkward" blunder she made ahead of the Carabao Cup final.

The presenter was in attendance at Wembley as Manchester United beat Newcastle United to win their first trophy in six years.

Woods was there with her father, who supports the Toon, and her brother. And prior to the clash, there was a pre-match meal featuring a number of former players.

Newcastle's record goalscorer Alan Shearer was present, as was former left-back John Beresford.

And another addition to the clan was ex defender Ryan Taylor, who made 106 appearances for the Magpies between 2009 and 2015.

However, Woods had an encounter to forget with the former Wigan, Hull and Fleetwood Town man as she did not recognise him in the slightest.

The Arsenal supporter revealed all to Ally McCoist on the talkSPORT breakfast show, saying: "I had a very awkward moment.

Ryan – I hope he’s not listening yet – walked up and just because we were frantically trying to find [our restaurant]. You know how big Wembley is and if you get lost, you’re lost for days.

"We had been saying hello to all the Geordies and fans outside and then we got up and Ryan came up to me and said ‘Hi, how are you?’

"I said ‘Good thank you, how are you?’, and he went, ‘Yeah, nice to properly actually meet you in real life.'

"I went ‘Sorry, who are you?’, I didn’t recognise him.

"He went ‘It’s Ryan’, and I went ‘Oh God, Ryan, I’m so sorry.’ It was awful.

"I’m so sorry, Ryan. I did spend the rest of the day apologising profusely to him."

Woods told Taylor she would invite him on her show if Newcastle won the final. Eddie Howe's side lost 2-0 courtesy of goals from Casemiro and Marcus Rashford but then McCoist went and rubbed salt in the wounds by getting Taylor to call in and continue the embarrassment for Woods.

She had her head in her hands, still cringing at the gaffe she had made. We've all been there.